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Dryosauridae

Elrhazosaurus

"Elrhaz lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Elrhazosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Elrhazosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (115 Mya)
Place
Niger
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dryosauridae

Elrhazosaurus (meaning “Elrhaz lizard”) is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur, known from isolated bones found in Early Cretaceous rocks of Niger. These bones were initially thought to belong to a species of the related dryosaurid Valdosaurus, but have since been reclassified.

What we know

  • Named by Galton, 2009 (Galton and Taquet, 1982).
  • Fossils found in Niger.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Elrhazosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.